Long Bay Wetland Management Plan

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Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve Management Plan  
Gambier Island, BC 
 
PREPARED FOR: 
 
Brigade Bay Bluffs and Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserves  
joint management plan prepared: November 30, 2005 
 
REVISED February 2019 by: Carrina Maslovat, R. P. Bio. #1407 
and Laura Matthias, Consultant Biologist, Salt Spring Island, BC 
 
APPROVED BY: 
Islands Trust Conservancy, October 1, 2019: ITC-2019-038 
Gambier Island Conservancy, November 13, 2019 
 Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, October 24, 2019 
Photo 1. Carrina Maslovat in small wetland habitat along roadside of Mt. Artaban Road 

Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve Management Plan   
 
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i. Executive Summary  
Islands Trust Conservancy acknowledges and respects that Gambier Island is within the 
traditional territory of multiple Coast Salish peoples, whose historical relationship to the land, 
culture, and spirit of this place continues to this day. Islands Trust Conservancy is committed to 
honoring the rich history of Indigenous stewardship in the lands and waters of the Islands Trust 
Area and to building mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous 
partners in conservation. Therefore, this Management Plan for Long Bay Wetland Nature 
Reserve is a living document that will evolve as opportunities for knowledge sharing arise and 
understanding grows. 
In January 2005, the Islands Trust Conservancy protected two parcels of land west of Brigade 
Bay on eastern Gambier Island: Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature Reserve (5.14 hectares/12.7 acres) 
and Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve (38 hectares/94 acres). These lands were transferred by 
Coastland Wood Industries Ltd. and Mike Jenks as part of the Brigade Bay subdivision 
development. Cascade Environmental Resource Group Ltd. prepared the initial joint 
management plan for the Brigade Bay Bluffs and Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserves. In 2018, 
the Management Plans were updated as separate documents for each reserve.  
The Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve (LBWNR) consists of upland areas surrounding a large 
wetland area. The Nature Reserve includes a wetland and three tributaries that were 
significantly damaged by logging in 2000 and 2001. Riparian restoration efforts completed in 
2002 and 2003 included removal of excessive slash and channel blockages, de-compaction of 
affected soils and re-vegetation of riparian areas (Cascade 2005). The wetland and tributaries 
are part of the headwaters of the Long Bay watershed and Long Bay Creek, a fish bearing 
stream. The upland portions of the reserve were selectively logged prior to reserve 
establishment, resulting in a young forest with large numbers of mature deciduous species and 
pole/sapling sized conifers. Although the forests are young, they will mature into blue- and red-
listed ecological communities. The adjacent Brigade Bay subdivision used the north end of the 
reserve area as a quarry borrow pit for sand and gravel. Some reforestation and protection of 
seedlings f

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